A Company Recently Lowered Its Service Performance from 99 Percent

question 23

Multiple Choice

A company recently lowered its service performance from 99 percent product availability to 97 percent product availability.The change saved the company exactly $1 million per year in inventory carrying cost.Senior management now wants to lower the service level to 95 percent from 97 percent.Such a further change is likely to save:

• A)Less than $1 million.
• B)Exactly $1 million.
• C)More than $1 million.

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Market Share

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BCG Matrix

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